My Senran Kagura PBS showed up today. Wayyyy smaller box than I expected. Looks nice though. Once I open it up I'll let you guys know if anyone wants to play some mp

yeah suprised me also when my preorder showed up, not sure how online is but i havent started since their were some issues plus i am waiting till they are done releasing dlc to figure out how much i want to spend

Well, enjoy your Thanksgiving everyone. Would post a related image or something, but this is a US only holiday. So it's a pain to find something decent.

If you haven't been keeping up with the Steam thread, then Steam started their Autumn Sale the other day. It lasts until next Tuesday. If you have the Enhanced Steam addon installed and have been wishlisting games, then you can just look through that list to see if there are any discounts that you're interested in.

Amazon typically has some niche game deals this weekend - is there a schedule anywhere for titles that will be on sale? Or do they just randomly throw up stuff without warning?

To my knowledge, some can be found on the Black Friday Deals Week Page and then refining the page to PC & Video Games. Others just seem to randomly pop up without prior notice on occasion. Could be wrong though. However Amazon's game related sales have been pretty poor the last couple holiday seasons.

All I really see now is Persona 5 for $30 and Yakuza Kiwami Steelbook for $20.

I should mention I beat Demon Gazer II. It was kinda ehh. Not bad, but not really good either. Just pretty average in my opinion.

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I think the main story is worse than the original game and I was sitting there thinking "How stupid is everybody in this game?" constantly. To play the second game, you don't really need to have played the first one prior. There are a few returning characters, but they only briefly mention the previous game. There is however an included DLC post-game story that ties directly to the original game/story/characters slightly. I haven't beat that and I'm not sure I will because the gameplay became quite tedious towards the end of the game and this new post-game story area is even worse.

Anyways, in the first Demon Gaze you could create your own party. It was a nice aspect that let you customize how you play through the game. Unfortunately the second game does not have character creation at all really. You choose the looks for the main character as well as his alignment (which directly effects skills you learn as you level). Party members? They're demons you subjugate throughout the game. Each have their own skills attached to them, some of which may be different than some of the others that are of the same "type". The biggest issue I have with this isn't so much that they did this, but that all of the demons you subjugate start at god damned level 1 except for three. It's absolutely ridiculous that you're forced to grind to level them up to be even remotely close to your parties level. For that reason I've stuck with the party members you first obtain. Sure they get extra experience per battle, but it's still a pain in the ass that I don't want to have to deal with.

If you go through on the default difficulty, you can use the first party members you gain, but if you're going through on something higher, then you'll want to swap out for some of the newer demons. Particularly the caster at the very least. Like previous Experience DRPGs, you've got points where you can use gems to obtain equipment. You'll need to buy those gems from the shop in-game, so you won't be able to break down a bunch of stuff if you're playing the Vita version. Why does the platform matter? Because there's a bug on the PS4 version where you get a stupid amount of money from some/most battles compared to what you're supposed to get. It doesn't really make you overpowered, but it does reduce the need to grind for money to purchase gems and rooms.

Like other more recent Vita DRPGs you've got the touchy-feely (molestation) mechanic in this game that I'm not a fan of. It's pretty dumb and straight forward, but obtaining gems to max everybody out would be a massive pain. You can get the gems from beating recruitable demons as well as rare random battle drops. Otherwise you'll need to assign them to a room and give them a suitable piece of decor and then proceed to grind battles in hopes that their affection rating towards you increases. Outside of your main party, it's a pretty grindy gameplay mechanic be told. Despite not really liking the mechanic, there are a few "dates" or events that are tied to various party members from this that are fairly amusing.

Earlier I mentioned that the gameplay became quite tedious in the post-game DLC area. This is because you have to raise the difficulty up from the default just to even play it. Then you have a lot of enemies that reduce a party members health down to 1 HP. That's a mechanic I absolutely abhor as it cheapens the difficulty and turns it into a show where all you do is use Full Cure constantly so people don't die. There's no real strategy to to it. Plus one of the two bosses has a metric ton of health. I fought them once and after 15 minutes and only taking them down maybe 10 to 15% in health, I just turned the game off. I did not want to be part of a battle of attrition to see what ran out first, my items of the bosses health. The side boss is probably easier, but I didn't bother fighting them.

Inventory management is also a pain in the ass in this game too. They like to have a dozen of most item types that do the same thing but have different names. This means that each unique name is using up an inventory space and the game likes to give them to you in droves. If they combined the items down to a single name, this would not really be much of an issue. I just don't like going to storage and stuffing damn near everything in there after a dungeon excursion.

Also, if you remember the Mushroom/Skull quest from the first game, it's back as well. This time however its been slightly improved. After battles you can sometimes obtain map fragments that show where hidden items/chests are in the dungeons. I obtained most of them without any real grinding and managed to fully complete both those sidequests without any guide. Plus hidden doors can be found by using a demon that has a passive skill which locates them as well. The first demon you obtain will have this skill, as will some others.

In the end the game was alright, but I certainly enjoyed the first Demon Gaze a lot more. I feel like the switch to recruting demons with the touch-feely gameplay shit that so many other Japanese DRPGs are doing these days, kind of degrades the presentation in my view. If they hadn't made nearly all the recruited demons start at level 1 and gain a fraction of the experience the main party does, then I don't think I'd be so impartial to the game in general. I really hate having to grind up new characters just because others weren't available at the time which were objectively better. So I can't recommend the game, but I also don't think it's particularly bad outside of a couple really poor gameplay choices.

P.S. Magic in this game seems to suck. Never found any use for offensive spells.

I did obtain the Platinum trophy for the game. So it's not a hard one to obtain seeing as I was able to get it. Just play through the story, complete the mushroom/skull side mission and obtain all the demons (including the 5 optional or so; Post-game one not necessary)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I cannot think of a single instance where an anime or niche game has had a thanksgiving moment, so this is the best I could find...

Don't do that too much though... (I think this is the cruise ship episode where they get stranded on the sinking ship and then James' magikarp evolves into a gyarados. Not too sure, but I used to be able to remember all the exact details in each and every pokemon episode as a kid.)

The last patch allowed for global matchmaking, but it couldn't breathe any life into an already dead community. The last DLC that hasn't made it over to the west are the Valkyrie Drive characters.

If we get enough people on this thread to play it, and set up a session, we can revive the community! ...maybe...

If you guys want to play Peach Beach Splash, or set up a gaming session sometime, join the PSN community for the niche thread. It's probably the easiest way to get everyone together, especially since it's a PS4 exclusive.

You can look up "CAG Japanese" and it'll be the 1st result that pops up called "CAG Japanese Niche Games Community." You won't miss it, there's a super cute girl as the wallpaper (if that isn't incentive alone to look it up.) If you can't find it, PM me or leave a message here. Thanks!

P.S. There's a PSN Communities app too if you don't want to use it on the PS4.

Far from great. That may have been my own fault though. My order contained a few other items so they shipped my stuff in a massive box. So everything was moving and rattling around. Peach Beach Splash wasn't damaged but easily could have been

Any opinions on whether physical copies of Yakuza 0 are likely to go lower than $30? On the one hand, I'm not going to be able to play it for several months at least, but on the other, I'm nervous it'll go out of print.

You couldn't help noting with every breath that thousands of other people were very close to you and nearly all of them had armpits.

Any opinions on whether physical copies of Yakuza 0 are likely to go lower than $30? On the one hand, I'm not going to be able to play it for several months at least, but on the other, I'm nervous it'll go out of print.

The old Yakuza games were out of print for a while so I would not wait

Any opinions on whether physical copies of Yakuza 0 are likely to go lower than $30? On the one hand, I'm not going to be able to play it for several months at least, but on the other, I'm nervous it'll go out of print.

This is probably one of the few times it will go on sale for a price that low

Any opinions on whether physical copies of Yakuza 0 are likely to go lower than $30? On the one hand, I'm not going to be able to play it for several months at least, but on the other, I'm nervous it'll go out of print.

Like everyone else said. The other Yakuza games never got too low in price and by the time they did at places like GS they were basically sold everywhere. Admittedly Yakuza 0 sold better than previous games, but still. This is the lowest the game has been yet and just based on history it's probably not worth risking the wait for marginal amounts you might save. It's an incredible game too - very worth the price. I originally bought it digitally, but picked it up again during this sale just so I could have a physical copy.

I wouldn't sleep on Yakuza 0 or Kiwami. I slept on Yakuza 2 in the past and once it was discounted at Gamestop, I couldn't find it anywhere. Can't wait for Yakuza 6/2 Remake. I never played either so excited.

Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls just went up on Fanatical as a flash deal putting it at $11.99 + their 10% off coupon. Cost me $10.79 total which I believe to be the lowest this game has been since release.

I wouldn't sleep on Yakuza 0 or Kiwami. I slept on Yakuza 2 in the past and once it was discounted at Gamestop, I couldn't find it anywhere. Can't wait for Yakuza 6/2 Remake. I never played either so excited.

After finishing Kiwami I ordered a copy of Yakuza 2 off ebay so I could continue playing through the saga. The gameplay is super outdated and pretty terrible when compared to the modern games, but god damn the story is excellent. Can't wait for Kiwami 2. Gonnabe sooo good

Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls just went up on Fanatical as a flash deal putting it at $11.99 + their 10% off coupon. Cost me $10.79 total which I believe to be the lowest this game has been since release.

That reminds me that Tales of Berseria is $17.32 after coupon. Not too bad but I've waited so long and don't intend to play it right away so I'll pass for now.

Btw, I went to gamestop to try to get the PS4 with $50 gift card but they were sold out of course. Really just need to get it in time for the Girls und Panzer game. Also I noticed in the trailer they used Panzerfahren as the translation for senshado, someone's been watching commie subs.

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